Efficacy of antihistamine pretreatment in the prevention of adverse reactions to Hymenoptera immunotherapy: A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 458-463

  Brockow, Knut ^a,b,c   Kiehn, Margret ^b   Riethmüller, Claudia ^b   Vieluf, Dieter ^b   Berger, Jürgen ^b   Ring, Johannes ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Antihistamines; H1 H2 antagonists; Hymenoptera venom allergy; Immunotherapy; Pretreatment; Prophylaxis; Ranitidine; Terfenadine

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INSECT VENOM; RANITIDINE; TERFENADINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSECT ALLERGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; RANITIDINE; TERFENADINE;

EID: 0030776878     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(97)70135-0     Document Type: Article

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